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Scientists have been able to inject the firefly's lighting gene into a tobacco plant, allowing it to glow. which type of organism is this tobacco plant?

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The answer choices may not be present so I will put them down
a) recombinant organism
b) restriction organism
c) vector organism
d) transgenic organism

* The answer is D)
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The tobacco plant which have been injected with a new gene is a transgenic organism. The tobacco plant genome has been altered by the transfer of a gene from the fire fly to the tobacco plant. Transgenic organisms are used in research to determine the properties of the inserted genes.
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